Substance Use Prevention
Prevention is a proactive approach; creating an environment that promotes the health and well-being of individuals and communities, which prevent problems before they occur. Our substance use prevention programs implement evidence-based strategies in the community to prevent use of all substances.
What We Do:
- Advocate for the use of best practices in preventing substance misuse.
Tobacco
The Central Valley Health Tobacco Prevention and Control program follows The Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) Best Practices for comprehensive tobacco control programs.
Our focus is to:
- Provide education and information to state and local policy makers and the public regarding current issues in tobacco control.
- Assist tobacco users seeking cessation.
- Work with local policymakers, businesses and organizations, and schools to develop and adopt tobacco-free policies in the workplace and the community.
- Prevent youth initiation to tobacco.
Alcohol
The Partnership for Success (PFS) grant is a federally funded grant program administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This grant requires states to use the successful evidence-based prevention systems and structures put in place through their completed Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG). The priority of PFS is the prevention of underage drinking among 12-20 year olds.
The goal of PFS is to:
• Prevent the onset and reduce the progression of substance abuse
• Reduce substance abuse-related problems
• Strengthen prevention capacity/infrastructure at the state and community level Leverage, redirect and align funding streams and resources for prevention
Our focus areas:
• Social access of alcohol to minors
• Retail access of alcohol to minors
Opioids
Our focus is to:
- Reduce access to opioid medications.
- Increase drug take-back locations in the community.
- Increase access to Narcan.
Drug Take-Back Locations
Stutsman County
Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office / Jamestown Police Department
205 6th St SE Suite 101
Jamestown, ND
703 1st Ave S
Jamestown, ND 58401
310 1st Ave S
Jamestown, ND 58401
320 10th St SE
Jamestown, ND 58401
Logan County
214 Main Ave
Napoleon, ND 58561
For more drug take-back locations in the Jamestown region, click on the graphic below.
Director of Tobacco Prevention and Control
Nancy Neary / nneary@nd.gov
Health Prevention Director
Shannon Kaiser / slkaiser@nd.gov
There are no upcoming events at this time.